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‘Inexperienced’ solicitor struggling with 170 cases struck off for dishonesty
He paid client compensation out of his own pocket Paul Andrew Smith, working as a personal injury lawyer for a regional firm in Yorkshire, has admitted fabricating documents and failing to file claims...
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Four predictions for corporate law this year
What to expect in the City during 2017 Legal Cheek editor-in-chief Alex Aldridge sniffs the wind to forecast what lies ahead for the commercial branch of the legal profession in 2017. Training...
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Mayer Brown keeps all its trainees while Trowers holds on to 11 out of 12
Retention off to a good start in 2017 Two City of London law firms have kicked off the new year with near perfect trainee retention rates. The London office of global giant Mayer Brown keeps four out...
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Tribunal strikes off NQ solicitor for dishonesty, then fines his firm for...
Same week young lawyer struggling under weight of 170 cases thrown out of profession Another newly-qualified (NQ) solicitor has been struck off by the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal (SDT) for...
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KWM denies ‘damaging and decidedly not funny’ report that its toilet paper...
Partner slams magazine’s claim A partner at stricken law firm King & Wood Mallesons (KWM) has slammed a report in The Lawyer claiming that toilet paper at the firm has run out. In a story published...
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Things to look out for in 2017 As we wave goodbye to 2016 and say a big hello to 2017, it’s time to start thinking about what this year had in store. Though Brexit and Trump’s incoming presidency are...
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ULaw comes out swinging against solicitor super-exam as SRA consultation ends
Big changes to legal education ahead The University of Law’s (ULaw) CEO has rounded on proposed changes to legal education which she thinks will leave trainees with such insufficient knowledge law...
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Top media lawyer rewrote Instagram’s T&Cs without the legal jargon and it...
One-page guidance far simpler than app’s official 17-page privacy policy A London lawyer has used her privacy law expertise for the greater good by rewriting Instagram’s terms and conditions so even...
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‘Cosmic Cadet’: Taylor Wessing embraces new space-themed computer game to...
Clifford Chance and Dentons considering doing the same City law firm Taylor Wessing has embraced a new space-themed video game designed to assess the character traits of its training contract hopefuls....
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Struck off Lord Harley badges himself ‘Pro bono senior counsel’ on LinkedIn
Exclusive: SRA has received complaint and is considering “next steps” A spokesperson for the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) has confirmed to Legal Cheek it is looking into a new complaint made...
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King & Wood Mallesons notifies court of its intention to appoint...
Delaying the inevitable Troubled international law firm King & Wood Mallesons (KWM) has notified the courts of its intention to appoint administrators for a second time. Delaying what many believe...
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Security ramped up at King & Wood Mallesons as reporters attempt to access...
Leaked email reveals staff on high alert Security has been ramped up at King & Wood Mallesons’ (KWM) London office because journalists have been attempting to “access” the site without permission,...
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Research: Over a third of trainee solicitors are being paid BELOW the Law...
Chancery Lane figure is being ignored by many firms New statistics have revealed that more than a third of trainee solicitors in England and Wales are being paid less than the Law Society’s minimum...
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Exclusive: King & Wood Mallesons to cancel all training contracts TOMORROW in...
Rookies to work as paralegals at new firms until SRA re-registers them Troubled international law firm King & Wood Mallesons (KWM) will cancel the training contracts of all its current trainees on,...
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Twitter in meltdown as it emerges lawyers representing Trump won ‘Russia Law...
A big day for Chambers & Partners Twitter went crazy yesterday after one social media user spotted that the law firm representing Donald Trump had bagged a Chambers & Partners’ “Russia Law firm...
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Linklaters tightlipped over associate linked to ‘verbal abuse’ on train
Legal blog connects magic circle lawyer Tom Longstaff to the incident Global law firm Linklaters has declined to comment on a report that suggests one of its lawyers is the individual identified in a...
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In defence of the solicitor super-exam… an NQ’s perspective
The SQE will stop the LPC gamble In the week the Solicitor’s Regulation Authority’s (SRA) consultation into the controversial Solicitors Qualifying Exam (SQE) ends, criticism of the proposed super-exam...
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Top barrister takes to Twitter to reveal what law schools don’t (but really...
“Get used to being the only one on the train platform” A top barrister has shared an amusing list of things he feels should be included on law school syllabuses with his Twitter followers. Lifting the...
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The haves and the have nots Law is a lucrative career, and it’s not just those who make it to the top that stand to earn big bucks. In the City of London, some trainees are generously reimbursed (first...
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Why KWM’s demise isn’t the end of the world for its future...
So law isn’t the safe career you thought Many students see securing a training contract as the end rather than the beginning. Making it onto the solicitor gravy train is the hard part, they assume,...
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